EVERGREEN

THE EVERGREEN INVITATIONAL

25-26 February 2023

DEADLINE

16 Feb 2023

ELIGIBILITY

Open to middle and high school students

PLATFORM

Online through NSDA Campus

Information

The Evergreen Valley Speech and Debate Team wholeheartedly welcomes you to the Evergreen Invitational! We’re incredibly excited to host this tournament and strive to create an amazing tournament experience for all events and skill levels.

General Information
Locations:
Competition: NSDA Campus
Zoom “Tabroom”

We offer open and novice divisions for each event, but reserve the right to collapse divisions if entries warrant.
The tournament reserves the right to adapt the amount or structure of elimination rounds if required by tournament logistics.
While casual attire is encouraged for competitors, formal attire is also welcome!
Our tournament Equity Officer is [TBA].

Debate General Information

In debate, we offer 5 preliminary rounds and will break to double-octofinals in each event, assuming the number of entries warrants this.
Based on entries, Debate Prelims and Elim 1 will be double-flighted. Elim 2 and beyond will be single-flighted.
Tie-breakers for debate elimination rounds will be win-loss record, opponent seed, and head-to-head. There will not be speaker points in debate events.
We will break brackets based on school affiliation.

Speech General Information

In speech, we offer 3 prelim rounds and will break to semifinals in each event, assuming the number of entries warrants this.
Speech Prelims will be single flighted and live (synchronous), while Speech Elimination Rounds will be single flighted and live (with the exception of Duo Interpretation)

Events and Divisions

We offer Open and Novice divisions for the following Speech and Debate events:
- Dramatic Interpretation
- Duo Interpretation
- Humorous Interpretation
- Impromptu
- Original Oratory
- Oratorical Interpretation
- Lincoln Douglas
- Public Forum
The tournament reserves the right to collapse divisions as needed.
Debate Events will be held from Saturday to Sunday.
Speech Events will be held on Saturday and Sunday. ALL Speech Events will be held synchronously.
Additional rules and procedures for each event and division can be found HERE.

Eligibility

In order to compete in the Novice division, competitors must not have competed in the previous academic year, broken to elimination rounds at 3 or more tournaments in Novice, or broken to elimination rounds in open at any tournaments

Judge Notes

You will be fined $50 per round if a judge fails to show up for a round for which they are scheduled.
Regardless of whether their teams advance to elimination rounds, all judges are obligated to be available to judge at least through the first full elimination round in their division.
For schools whose teams advance to elimination rounds, all judges for your school will be obligated until one round after the last GSA student in that division is eliminated.
We will be using NSDA Campus, so all judges MUST have a tabroom account.
All judges who are 18+ are accepted. Judge training will be offered at the beginning of the tournament.

Topics
Public Forum: NSDA February PF Topic
Lincoln Douglas: NSDA January/February LD Topic

NSDA Campus

We will be using NSDA Campus to conduct this tournament.
Instructions for Students
Instructions for Judges
More information will be provided soon.

Entry Price

LD and parent is judging $100
LD and parent is OPTING OUT of $240

PF and parent is judging $85
PF and parent is OPTING OUT of $215

One Speech Event and parent is judging $100
Two Speech Events and parent is judging $150
One Speech Event and parent is OPTING OUT of $200
Two Speech Events and parent is OPTING OUT of $250

Each person in a PF/Policy/Duo team would be responsible of providing their own judge, so one PF/Policy/Duo team would need to either provide two judges, both pay the judge fee, or one of each option.

Registration will not be complete until payment is received.

NOTE: We will charge set up fees if we have to create tabroom.com accounts for judges. It is recommended you do so on your own.

Schedule

Please note that all times are in PACIFIC STANDARD TIME (PST).

SPEECH SCHEDULE
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Zr_DMUJ8Ei3X0uADp__FZdEp2U_p03RbmTGc1eHUgXY/edit#gid=1196066606&range=A1:C1

DEBATE SCHEDULE
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Zr_DMUJ8Ei3X0uADp__FZdEp2U_p03RbmTGc1eHUgXY/edit#gid=8699673&range=A2:M2

Drop Fee

Drop fees will be the same amounts as the entry fee PLUS any fees the tournament charges us for late drops. Drop requests should be made to Victor and Nadia.

Please do not drop out last minute to avoid being charged these fees.

Contact Info

Victor Rivas Umana
Contact email: vrivasumana@tgsastaff.com
Nadia Budiman
Contact email: nbudiman@tgsastaff.com
Or info@tgsastaff.com

Registration Form

STUDENT INFORMATION

* Indicates required field

Student Name *

First

Last

Student Email (DO NOT USE PARENT'S EMAIL) *

Student Phone Number *

Does the student have a Tabroom account? *

Yes and it is linked with GSA's account(s) Yes but it is not linked and we need you to add to your roster No but I will create one before submitting registration No but I will pay the additional $35 setup fee

If this is your first time competing, make sure to first create a Tabroom account here: https://www.tabroom.com/user/login/new_user.mhtml
It's super simple and quick (<1 minute), but follow the guidelines here in case anything is confusing: https://docs.tabroom.com/Sign_Up

PARENT CONTACT INFORMATION
Your email address will be the one included when we send the logistics email.

Parent Name *

First

Last

Parent Email *

Parent Phone Number *

EVENT SELECTION
Double entry in SPEECH is permitted, cross-entry in both speech & debate is NOT PERMITTED.

JUDGE PROVISION

Will you (parent) be judging at this tournament? *

Judge Name *

Judge email (Must be linked to a tabroom account. Register first at tabroom.com before completing this sign up) *

Judge phone *

Does your judge have a Tabroom account? *

Yes No but I will create one before submitting registration No but I'll pay the additional $35 setup fee Not judging

Does your judge understand that he/she is responsible for the entire tournament schedule and that missing a round incurs fines from the tournament? *

Yes, understood Not judging but understood as well

Click here to complete the highly recommended Cultural Competency judge training course

Signing up a judge without having a Tabroom account will result in us charging you for the set up fee.
You can do this easily on your own by going to tabroom.com. It literally takes less than a minute.

First time judging? Click here to learn how to do it! Or watch our Youtube playlist here.
There are also these training cards available that include a summary of each event's rules and comments.

Tournaments encourage judges to have a paradigm on their Tabroom account, which can be a few sentences on your preferences of debating styles, etc. See here for example. It doesn't need to be this long, but make sure to add something before you sign up. For example: "I am a parent, please speak clearly and slowly and avoid technical jargon".

More tournament resources can be found here.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

I will keep a copy of this form for reference. *

YES

We are signing up with the understanding that my child will work to be ready by the tournament date. If we choose to drop out because my child is not ready that will be considered when making assessments for future classes. *

YES

I understand that if I fail to drop the tournament before the deadline that I will still be responsible for the fees of both my son or daughter, along with that of his or her partner and the fines. *

YES

I understand that if payment is not received we won't be registered and our spot will be given up to someone else. *

YES

I confirm that I have completed all necessary paperwork for this tournament. *

YES

I understand that The Golden State Academy has no control over tournament entries other than the initial sign up. I understand that my child's priority will be based on either the last time I signed up OR the date paid, whichever is latest. *

YES

I understand that my child must check in and check out periodically at the tournament with the coach and that if I do not my child will be barred from participating in following tournaments. This is to ensure coaches can see where students are at competitively and to give any initial feedback for improvement. *

YES

I understand that I can check my entry status through tabroom.com. *

YES

I am a consenting adult. I understand that by submitting this form I agree to all that has been covered. *

YES

Submit/take to payment

We would love to have you visit soon at one of our open houses.
Check our home page for the schedule!

School year Hours

M-F: 3:45 pm - 8:30 pm
Sun: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Telephone

510-270-8480
510-470-0531

Email (preferred)

For more info email us at: info@tgsastaff.com

Locations

Fremont: 200 Brown Rd #201, Fremont, CA 94539

Cupertino: 20432 Silverado Avenue Suite 211, Cupertino, CA 95014

Aborn Institute: 2804 Riedel Road, San Jose, CA 95135

THE EVERGREEN INVITATIONAL ​